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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
MURDER MOST FOUL.
Husband, Wife and Child Butchered The
Former Half Eaten bv Hogs.

Husband, Wife and Child Butchered The
Former Halt Eaten by Hogs.
WARSAW, Ind Feb l0.-A murder was
committed eight miles east of this place
Monday evening. 1t was discovered late
Tuesday afternoon by some hunters. The
remains Of Henry Durham, n prosperous
farmer, were found in lane leading from
the barn to the house The hogs had eaten
the face and cut into the throat and had
eaten the body and lower limbs, dragging
the intestines under haystack, where they
were found several hours after the discovery
Of the body
The TWO hunters were John Laedy and
Harvey Guy, who stopped at the place to
get drink of water They went to the
house and found Mrs. Lucy Durham with
eight wounds, all made with a knife She
was unconscious, but still living. Their %
months-old child was dead with its throat
cut, and lying on the floor about SIX feet
from the mother, who was lying on the floor
dressed, but with her shoes off. They
alarmed the neighbors, who cana here with
the news, and the coroner at once started for
the scene.
The theory of the murder is that it was
ioile loI iObpeIst as lew Jays ago human
sold 210 bushels of wheat for $3.50 and sold
some calves for 500. As he was not in the
habit of depositing his money in bank, it is
supposed it was secreted about the house.
Only 50 of it so far has been recovered,
although his watch and jewelry were found.
Mrs. Durham recovered consciousness long
enough Wednesday to ask if her husband
was hurt, too, and few moments after said
the two men would leave in few minutes.
She was Dunham's second wife, by whom be
had but one child. He leaves four children
by his first wife, all grown up and not living
at home He was % years of age and his
wife is t6. At last accounts she was begin
ming to sink, and will probably not live to
tell the story
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
THE WORK OF THE BLIZZARD.
Widespread Disaster in MOntana-Man,
Human Lives Lost-CattIe Dyin-.l

Human Lives Lost-CattIe Dyins.l
BUTTE, NJ. T., Feb 10-Reports from all
over this territory show a deplorable state of
affairs. The Thermometer has been ranging
from 30 to 90 below for the past ten days
Specials from Fort Assiniboine and Fort
Shaw and Benton say cattle are. now dying
from exposure by the the thousands. At
Fort Benton graves fears are entertained in
regard to fuel, which is getting very scarce,
many families being entirely out All hopes
of saving tho cattle have vanished The
last few days the relief parties of cowboys,
who have been driving the cattle out of the
lowlands, and out of the cuts, have been COM
PEELED TO abandon them to their fate, owing
to the cold. The feed is covered from two to
three feet Men who counted their herds BY
the thousands, and who were rated at s., 900,
900, will be worse than penniless.
A great many lives have been lost by ex-
posure this winter. Several stage coaches
have been lost. Relief parties are out now
after them, but fears are entertained that
the drivers, with several passengers, are
frozen TO death. The Indian commissioners,
who are now at Fort Belknap, had very
narrow escape. They were lost in blizzard
for thirty-six hours, having been lost on the
prairie. Reports come from all parts of the
territory that men have been frozen in such
Il manner that they have had their lower
limbs aIuputated below the knee Joints This
winter is the severest that has been known
Tor ten wears
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

BosToH. Feb. 10-Eo cars were run
Wednesday on eitbAr the Chamhridge or
South Boston Horse railroads, and Few if
any new men have applied at the stable, Tor
work. lii men are q,;et and orderly, AMI
few of them except tie Pickets are 10 h se,au
in the stre9ts Before tue adjournment If
their meeting Wednesday morning every
man present pledged himself to abstain ,!ti--
ing the strike from the u.s. Of liquors, an1
from ire4uentng the sliopns and they are
keeping the pledge TO the letter. One OF the
strikers officials intInated to a reporter that
if the company DOES not give IN. all the
street ralroa men in Boston will te ordered
cnt. The South Boston railroad Offered to
ray oh lis striking employees 10 TO Sunday
night, tut the men. thinking tins 90 as an az
tsi3ip1 to prejudice them before the public Ly
making II appear til / they were la need of
money, Refused to receive Tn If WAGES.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
MADE MUCH OF THE STORY.
Good Deal Of Exaggeration in the
Leighton Sensation.

BcsToN, Feb l0-The Herald states that
City Auditor Dodge Wednesday morning.
emphatIcally denied making the statement
attributed 10 him by The Advertiser that ex-
Clerk Of Court Leghton's accounts were
probably $200,UHH short Iha Journal says
thai at the Tina Of his resignation, MIR
leighton admitted 10 the lu1a that his az
counts were short, hut said the shortage was
due to unIntentional errors, and that he was
ready TO make the deficiency good when its
amount was aScertainel
The journal adds that the statement in q
morning paper that MIR legations defalcl-
tiou will amount to SG0.0l0 or upward can
not at this stage at least be borne ont by the
facts, as there is not the least evidence as
yet upon which complaint could be nain-
tanned that should charge him with
even the embeZzienent If SIo,0l0 IL alsc
states that Mr. Leighton has ,oug h4en one
of the heaviest mortgage operators in Boston
and that he is now inter. sted in Back hay
estates in an amount a.gragdtinS nearly
S2U, 900, 1t SAYS. BorcoyrF, that he was an
exceedingly economical man. and those ia
III lIar with has habits believe that he saved
much of his Harry, invested it judicIou>iy.
aud by its accumulation became a prosper
GUS man.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
INUNDATION AT CHICAGO.
The Odorous River Swamps Portions o.
the Town

Aht toA
CHICAGO, Feb 10. At 3 o'clock Ue,lnes-
day afternoon an ice gorge which had formed
in the south branch of the Chicago rivei
broke loos", and floating rapidly down the
river tore vessels from their moorings
flooded tho basement Of the McCormick
reaper factory, and other manufacturing
establishments, and caused considerable dam
age. The ice foe, constantly increasing in
size, hoated some distance and disastrous
flood was feared. Prompt application Of
dynamite to the les broke it up, however,
and the danger was avertei
LATER.-Telephone messages late Wednes
day night state that a large portion Of the
southwestern part of the city is under water
A large number of houses have been liftee
off their foundations and the damage will be
very heavy. The fire boats that returned &c
the city early in the evening under the i'm,
preston that,all danger was past We're again
called out 1t is reported that Lake View, a
northern suburb is also under water as a re.
suit of the ice gorge in the north branch.
There are two or three square miles OF
Lake View inundated from SIX inches Il
four feet, and many cellars are full Of water
There is a probability that if the gorg,
breaks suddenly bridg or two will be car
ried away In the southwest portion of thu
city the food is unprecedented, and fol
twenty-five miles outside of the city the
farmers are using dynamite to break up the
gorges and prevent damage TO their pro-,
erty. There is some danger of the water sup
ply becoming contaminated by the outflow
from the river. The crib tender reportel
that sewage was visible from his DoSt
Wednesday afternoon, but a change in tn,
wind gives reason to hope that this calamity
will be averte1.
kilograms from different parts OF Illinois
Michigan and els whare continue to til o
rising streams AMI iGuu lated towns will
more or less loss OF prop'rty-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
What Reed Wanted to Know

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 10-There was
quite breezy debate in the house Wednes-
day morning as soon as it convened between
Red of Maine and the speaker, on the senate
bills to encourage the manufacture of stee
for army and naval purposes. The speaker
ruled that the bills should be referred to the
appropriations committee. Reed wanted tx
know if it was in the power of that commit
tee to report the bills at any time for i'm
mediate consideration by the house. 81
want to fix the responsibility he said, ''of u
refusal to fortify the country upon the gen,
tlemen upon whom it ought to rest as well
as upon the Democratic party" The tall and
stout representative from Maine repeated his
desire very vigorously on several occasions
and concluded by stating that il the speaker
yes sure that the committee could report nj
any time, he was quite satisfied to accep
the speakers ruling as TO the Committee tx
which the bills were referred
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
Regulating the Corporations.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 10-The bill fixing
the charges of the Tomahawk Improvement
company was passed by the assembly
Wednesday 1t prohibits the improvement
company from charging over 81 cents toll
per i,000 feet of logs or timber, and prohib-
its all toll on logs hoated by water furnished
by the Iomahawk company. In the senate
bill was introduced 10 prevent unjust
discrimination by common carriers which
provides that no common carrier shall
grant less rates to any person or property
transported than to any other person for the
same service, allows fares at special rates,
and company employees to have passes, and
ministers half rates; permits companies t
carry militia and state property at reduced
rates or free, and to carry free for charita.
ble purposes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
CONCEALED IN A CARCASS,
The Body of a Man Found in the Car
casS Of a Dead Horse

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. IO-A most hor
rible discovery was made i'll Green county
this state, last Saturday. The dead body OF
John keeth was found wrapped in blanket
and concealed inside the carcass of a dead
horse 1t is supposed that he was murdered
and his body concealed there by the muir
derer keeth was brother in-law of Will
lam Despair. He had been missing for
several days, but no search had been
made for him, his friends sup
posing that he was away on a visit, until
dog belonging to William Despair came into
the house on Saturday morning, carrying
something in his mouth which. when EXAM
incl, was found to be hand of a man. Mr.
Despair tracked the dog to the carcass of an
OLD horse, and WAS Mortified to find the body
OF his brotherin-law therein, half eaten up
by dogs. l. ~es 4 horrible sight. The mys-
try connected 18th the affair will probably
| never be solved. Keith was a married man
and the father of six children
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
CRIMINAL MYSTERIES.
A TRIPLE MURDER DISCOVERED IN
AN INDIANA TOWN.

Fire Obscures the Cause of Three Deaths
in Iowa-Shocking Find in Green County,
Kentucky-A Miscreant Husbands Afro
cious Deed-A Doctors Escape-An At
tempt to Dynamite the Diva.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA crank, at 10
O'Clock Wednesday night, while Patti was
singing, attempted to throw a dynamite
bomb, or some other explosive, on the stage.
The matter exploded in his hands, injuring
him severely. Although the house was
crowded there was no panic. The police i'm
mediately rushed into the gallery and ar
rested the would be dynamiter, and removed
him to the receiving hospital, where his in
juries ara being treated II is supposed he
objected to PATHS high prices The diva i'm
mediately afterward sang Home, Sweet
Home" apparently unaware that an attempt
had been made on her life.
The supposed bomb-thrower gives his name
as DR.. james Hodges, and says he found a
package under his seat, which exploded as he
picked it up. He is II years Old.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
Noihing 10 Do with NIcGIynn

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb 10 In response tC
the resolutions introduced by Dr. Thomas
O'Reilly at the St Louis meeting of the
irish National league a few days since,
which CONDEMNED the action of the Roman
Catholic church in regard to Dr. McCslynn's
case, President Fitzgerald has sent letter
in which he diSapproyes of the action of DR.
OReilly in either permitting or seconding
the resolution. Fitzgerald says the league i
not a political or sectarian organization ant
has nothing to do with the theology or dis
cipline of any church, and must let such mat
t.rs alone
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
4 DOCTORS ADVENTURE.


BELVTDERE, Y. J., Feb. la-P Englemar,
weil-known physician Of this place ami "a
former member Of the Pennsylvania legi sla-
ture, met with strange adventure a few
nights ago. He was driving home after Wis
ting patient, when he was STOPPED by a
woman, vino asked for ride The doctor
readily consented. After she got in he dis
covered that his companion was man in fe-
male attire. He naturally was alarmed, and
suspected foul play of some kind. As a sub
terfuge he dropped his whip, and,
making the excuse thGt he was
afraid to let go the reins politely asked
the pseudo woman to get out and pick it up.
She consented AMI alighted. The doctor
did not wait for any further developments,
but burTiediy started up his horse and drove
on. Just as he was congratulating himself
on his lucky escape he was confronted by
two persons iii female guise. They peered
closely into his carriage, and not seeing the
ole who was evidently their accomplish,
made no effort to detain him. On reaching
home he found in the carriage a muff and a
revolver winch had been left by the unknown
female when she got out to pick up the
whip. The doctor thinks that the tnasuuar.
aders intended to assassinate him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb IA report
from Professor Baird, of the United States
fish commission, to the senate committee on
foreign relations, enbodying the statements
of the captains and owners of sixty-eight
New England fishing vessels that have been
Inconvenience in their fishing operations
during the past season, 10y the Canadian au
thorities, came from the government
printing Office Wednesday. The incon'
veniences complained of are denial of the
right to buy food, fuel, or bait in most cases
but in several instances vessels mere ordered
out Of harbor in stress of weather. These
vessels, the report SAYS, seem to have beer
subjected TO treatment which neither the
treatry OF ISIS nor the principles of interna
tional law wonld seem TO warrant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

LOWELL Mass, Feb. l0-Fred Wilton
a painter, claims to have discovered vein
of copper ore on the banks of the Merrimac
river at aud below Indian Orchard point,
on land owned by the proprietors OF the locks
and canals The vein is two inches thick at the
top and about double that at the waters
edge Mr.. Wilton has traced it more than
half a mile down the bank The sample as
sayed contained copper to the value of 81 u
TIN, aJoo small quantities of 5,ae and silver
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
CRUSHED UNDER A WALL.
Three Dead Bodies Taken from tn,
Ruins of ST. Louis Fire.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. l0.-Fire broke out
at 1870 Wednesday night in the livery
stable OF Jesse Arnot corner Ninth and
Chestnut street, and the stable was totally
destroyed, together with eighty horses. Loss,
S5ltF0; fully insured During the fire u
wall fell injuring four persons, one fatally
LATER-It is now known that a dozen PEG
pie were caught by the falling wall 1t is
not known how many persons were killed,
but at 80 a m. three dead bodies had been
taken out, one of them that of Joseph
Schimper, foreman of engine No 6 The
two others are supposed to be those of stable
hands, names unknown Six persons are
said to have been wounded more or less Sc
liouSly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. l0.-The operators,
parties of the Interstate convention, are at
loggerheads among themselves, and a COM
mitteo from the different states was en-
eavoring all Wednesday to reach an agree
ment Pennsylvania wants a reduction in
the price of mining from II to is cents,
while the other states will not agree to the
proposition. At the joint convention in the
afternoon resolution was introduced and
adoped, providing for the submission of ques-
tions of differencesarising during the year to
committee of two miners and two operator rs
who, if unable to agree, are to call in
another party and his decision Is to be final
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
A WEAKENING STRIKE.
Indications That the 'Lonsshorrn.ru',
Fight Is Abput over.

Indications That the 'Lonsehurrn.rg-s
Fight Is About over
NEW YORK Feb, '0-Collsilarab.e ex it,.-
ment was occasionei among the strie IN.
iongeshoremen WoiHe 3dav by the announc
,uent that about l:I o Ward q Co. : men
rad returned TO work at the terms paid b.
lore the strike This Is regarded hv many as
the commencement of break in the trouble.
Except for the number of 'iongshorrmcl
Standing idle on the corners of the streets
the river fronts have assumed almost their
normal appearance. Though il requires ii
larger number of men to do the work now
than formerly, the steamboat and railroad
pier managers all claim that business Is as
good as before the strike and that freight i.
being moved with the utmost facility
Steamers now leave at tho advertised time
and the inn of freight on the railroad pier
no longer exists.
Two delegates from the Knights of Labor
met Henry and J. Z Maxwell, the represent
atives of President Corhin. Of the Reading
railroad. Wednesday morning. but without
arriving at any satisfactory results. The
question of calling out the knights on the
Reading road is still open and may be o.
dered within two DAYS, Mr.. Corbin's offer
of compromise having been refused. Th-
Knights of Labor insist on general settts-
ment, and intimate that new strikes will soor
be taken to bring it about
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

PiTTsBuRd, Feb. lo.-The strike Of the
1909 Mononsahela river miners was par
italy settld Wednesday and work viii soon
be generally resumed at the mines IN tue
first, second and third pools at the price
s275 per 10 bushsls-awarded by tbs. min
ers national executive board The operators
i'll the fourth pool have not agreed 10 the
award of 81 31115 per 100 bushels, and threaten
to c:ose down their works. 1t is generally
thought, however, that they will pay the
price before the end Of the week
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
GOOD FOR GALLONS FRUIT.
Two Lives Sacrificed by :, Brutal Has
band.

LNp lives SACRIFICED Dh i Brutal Has
band.
BOULDER Colo, Feb. lO.-Mr. and Mrs.
NeEdeiin Mol, young married couple. Lv-
IN 1t the mouth Of Left Hand creek, eight
mills from here to all appearances have been
very happy until three weeks ago, when the
first baby was born, when the husband became
very abusive and quarrelsome On Monday
night hcii. without any provOcation, struck
his wife IN the face several times, knocking
her down. She did not resent the assault,
being almost heaIthroken at his brutality.
Monday morning the husband got up early,
built a fire. made the coffee, drank it.
and sat down to smoke His wife was still in
bed nursing the babe and had fallen into dose
when she was awakened by the report of a
gun. She jumped up. but fell to the floor uncon-
sclous, the bail having entered her shoulder
and passed into her Eack. Mol then diSap-
peaTeI she recovered AMI climbed into bed
with great din Guilty and sank into a stupor
telt she came to her babe was CRYING, but
she, having be,.ome paralyz ed, was unable to
move or TO reach II. The fire went out the
child cried until midnight when it died The
wonlan was not discovered until Tuesday
night, when some relative called at the house.
The woman can not recover. Officers and a
posse of citizens are pursuing the murderer,
who, it Is thought has a apsd To the noun,
taius
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

6eighbors that he habitually beat his wife
The woman was found to be in dying con-
siition and had to be removed in an ambu-
lance. Marks on her body show that she
had been kicked and beaten numerically. A
small, puny infant belonging to the couple
was found TO be suffering from neglect and
vii probably die
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

"Disease is very variou3, was Mrs.
Partington's remark as she wiped her
spectacles for the Goth time that day.
Some people die of hermitage of the
lungs and others of brown creatures.
Disease may vary, but there is only one
reliable remedy for coughs and colds and
that is DR.. Bulls cough syrup.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
AN IOWA TRAGEDY,
Which Presents Indications of Crime
Nine People C-emated.

!" tTtrfhts OF tr1nfS-
Nine People C=emated.
JEFFERSON, Iowa, Feb. l0.-At O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon about six miles northwest
of here a house and three inmates were con.
sumed by the flames. The building was
small farm structure occupied by man
named Luckum and his father with the fam
lily of the former The younger man was
hauling hay to this city when the fatal fire
occurred, in which his father, wife and Sol
were burned to death. Two women of the
vicinity saw the building burning and tried
to gain admission, but the doors were fast.
enet:. This, together with the statement
that gun and revolver were found near the
charred remains Of the old man, indicate
that there must have been some foul play in
side, possibly murder and suicide.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10
CRACKS IN THE CAPITOL.


High License Passed.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 10-An enormous crow
gathered at the capitol Wednesday, the coca.
sion being the final discussion by the house
of the high license bill The galleries were
packed with a solid mass of people, large
number of visitors being also on the main
floor While discussion on the
measure was going on the walls
cracked at one end of the gallery and settled
about four inches. Ignatius Donnelly occu-
pied the chair. and at his suggestion the
house was ordered cleared aud the people got
out safely. A committee to investigate the
condition Of the capitol and recommend
what should be done was appointed The
building has been falling down by piecemea
for the past year, although erected only si1
years ago.
The high license bill-Sl 900 for cities over
10000, and $500 for the country passed tn,
house by a vote of 50 to 81, and will b,
signed by the governor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

Boston, Feb 1b.-A Hartford, VT, special
says: Superintendent Foss, of the Yer
mont Central, claims to nave discovered that
one of the boxes in the morgue, supposed to
contain body, only contains pieces of ice
dirt and clothes He claims that the totai
number of lives lost ia only thirty of whicl
twenty-five were passengers and five train.
men"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

Dont!-If dealer offers you a bottle
of Salvation oil without labels, or wrap
pers, or in mutilated or defaced pack
age, don't touch it-dont buy it at any
price, you can rest assured that there is
something wrong-it may be dangerous
and worthless counterfeit. Insist upon
getting perfect. unbroken. genuine
package.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

nand Blankenhorn, cashier. Henry B. Hyde
president of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, is large stakeholder in the bank
Among other principal stockholders are Sid
ney Dillon; Congressman W. L. Scott, OF
Pennsylvania; Washington Mclean and
John r. Mclean, of Cincinnati, and Assist
ant United States Treasurer Canda, Of thi.
eli y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

The streams penetrating the Gogebic
iron range near the south shore Of Lake
Superior are so black with discoloration
from the ore that fish cannot live in
them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-10

HCincinnati ladies have rage for red
gloves, and yet they catch cold; but they
never fail to use DIR. Bulls cough syrup
and always secure an immediate cure.